Technical Product Manager - Workday & Enterprise Support :: NYC (3 Days work from office)

TestingXperts; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

TestingXperts is seeking a Product Manager for Workday & Enterprise Shared Services to lead planning, prioritization, and delivery of Workday initiatives across HR, Finance, Payroll, Procurement, and related corporate functions.

The role partners with HR, Finance, Payroll, Procurement, IT, Security, Compliance, Legal, and external vendors to shape roadmaps, drive measurable value, and ensure governance across business processes.

Qualifications

• Proven track record in product management for enterprise platforms.
• Experience with Workday or large HR/ERP implementations preferred.
• Ability to translate business needs into scalable solutions.
• Experience collaborating with HR, Finance, IT and external vendors.
• Strong stakeholder management across senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage the product roadmap for Workday and shared services capabilities.
• Partner with HR, Finance, Payroll, and other stakeholders to define priorities and outcomes.
• Lead discovery, scope clarification, value assessment, and prioritization.
• Translate needs into epics, user stories, acceptance criteria, and flows.
• Prioritize enhancements, integrations, and reporting based on value and risk.
• Collaborate with Workday SMEs, IT, Security, and integration teams.
• Support Workday initiatives across modules like HCM, Finance, Payroll, and more.
• Manage enterprise shared services initiatives with multiple platforms and vendors.
• Define and maintain documentation, release notes, and governance artifacts.
• Lead demos, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and UAT planning.
• Drive automation, standardization, and operational efficiency.
• Track adoption, impact, and value realization post-launch.

Skills

Product management

Enterprise applications

HRIS/Finance systems

Workday experience

Stakeholder management

Agile / hybrid delivery

Requirements gathering

Backlog management

Communication skills

Vendor & partner collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Job description

We are looking for a Product Manager for Workday & Enterprise Shared Services to lead product planning, prioritization, and delivery for Workday-related initiatives and other enterprise shared services platforms

This role will serve as the product manager for Workday-enabled business capabilities across HR, Finance, Payroll, Procurement, Workforce Planning, Reporting, and related corporate functions. The role will also support broader enterprise shared services needs where business processes span multiple departments, systems, vendors, and technology teams

The ideal candidate should understand how enterprise platforms support business operations, employee lifecycle processes, financial operations, workforce planning, approvals, reporting, compliance, and operational efficiency. This role requires strong product management skills, comfort working with technical and business teams, and the ability to translate business needs into scalable, well-governed solutions

This position will partner closely with HR, Finance, Payroll, Procurement, IT/SciTech, Security, Compliance, Legal, Operations, and external vendors to shape priorities, manage the roadmap, support implementation, and drive measurable business value

Key Responsibilities

• Own and manage the product roadmap for Workday and Enterprise Shared Services capabilities.
• Partner with HR, Finance, Payroll, Procurement, Legal, Compliance, Operations, and SciTech stakeholders to understand business needs, pain points, priorities, and desired outcomes.
• Lead discovery for Workday and shared services requests, including problem definition, workflow review, scope clarification, value assessment, and prioritization.
• Translate business needs into product briefs, epics, user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, and requirements handoff artifacts.
• Prioritize enhancements, configuration changes, integrations, reporting needs, and process improvements based on business value, risk, compliance impact, feasibility, and capacity.
• Partner with Workday SMEs, HRIS, Finance Systems, IT, Security, and integration teams to assess solution options and implementation approach.
• Support Workday-related initiatives across HCM, Finance, Payroll, Benefits, Recruiting, Compensation, Time Tracking, Absence, Procurement, Expenses, Workforce Planning, and Reporting.
• Manage enterprise shared services initiatives that may involve multiple platforms, vendors, integrations, approvals, workflows, and business functions.
• Collaborate with technical teams on Workday integrations, APIs, Core Connectors, data loads, reporting, downstream data consumption, and enterprise system dependencies.
• Define and maintain product documentation, process flows, configuration decisions, release notes, decision logs, and support materials.
• Manage Workday release planning, feature evaluation, regression testing coordination, adoption planning, and post-release optimization.
• Ensure solutions align with healthcare privacy, security, audit, compliance, and access governance expectations.
• Partner with Security and Compliance teams on Workday roles, permissions, segregation of duties, audit controls, and access-related risks.
• Lead stakeholder demos, backlog refinement, prioritization sessions, sprint reviews, UAT planning, and executive updates.
• Identify process improvement opportunities and drive automation, standardization, simplification, and operational efficiency.
• Manage vendor partners, Workday consultants, implementation partners, and internal delivery teams as needed.
• Track adoption, operational impact, user feedback, and value realization after launch.

Required Qualifications

• Strong experience in product management, enterprise applications, HRIS, finance systems, business systems delivery, or technology-enabled business transformation.
• Strong Workday experience or equivalent experience supporting large enterprise HR, Finance, or ERP platforms.
• Experience leading Workday or enterprise application initiatives from discovery through implementation, testing, deployment, and optimization.
• Strong understanding of HR processes such as employee lifecycle, recruiting, onboarding, compensation, benefits, payroll, time tracking, absence, and workforce management.
• Strong understanding of Finance and shared services processes such as accounting, procurement, expenses, budgeting, cost centers, approvals, financial reporting, and operational controls.
• Experience gathering requirements, designing business processes, writing user stories, defining acceptance criteria, and managing product backlogs.
• Experience working with integrations, reporting, security roles, access controls, business process configuration, and enterprise data flows.
• Ability to partner effectively with business stakeholders, technical teams, vendors, Security, Compliance, and executive leadership.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to simplify complex topics for business and leadership audiences.
• Experience working in Agile, hybrid, or enterprise delivery environments.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, dependencies, risks, timelines, and stakeholder expectations.